When we left Alamogordo, we headed south and west through Las Cruces, retracing part of the route on I-10 that we'd taken earlier when we left Arizona, thinking that we'd spend the night at an RV park in Deming, get some groceries, clean up a bit and then head north into the Gila. Bad idea. Deming was spooky. The wind was howling, dust was flying and the RV parks were disgusting. We checked two, then didn't even bother checking on the third. Instead, we headed north into Silver City. After Deming, the Silver City KOA looked like heaven. Friendly folks, a clean place. Silver City is a neat little town. We resupplied there and then headed north into the Gila.
We took the road east from Silver City, past the huge Santa Rita copper mine, through Mimbres and up into Gila Hot Springs where we spent the week. There are some steep hills to pull up and down, tight curves and narrow roads on 15 into Gila Hot Springs. We didn't have any trouble, though we did hear stories of folks burning up engines and transmissions and crashing off the road, so if you do ever take a big trailer in there, ya gotta be careful!
Once you arrive, the view over the Gila Valley is awesome.
We took the road east from Silver City, past the huge Santa Rita copper mine, through Mimbres and up into Gila Hot Springs where we spent the week. There are some steep hills to pull up and down, tight curves and narrow roads on 15 into Gila Hot Springs. We didn't have any trouble, though we did hear stories of folks burning up engines and transmissions and crashing off the road, so if you do ever take a big trailer in there, ya gotta be careful!
Once you arrive, the view over the Gila Valley is awesome.
No comments:
Post a Comment